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Yes I can confirm NewDarkLoader has issues with FMs labeled folders. In a previous post here I had the same issue with System Shock 2. Once the fan missions were moved from that folder to another everything is fine. I hope R Soul can tell us why FMs labeled folders have that issue.

There are too many threads that are worthy of being pinned at the top so instead, if you check, you will see a Links thread. The first post includes links to all the threads of importance, including loaders, all sorted out for your convenience.

I've an issue. I toggled the full screen readme for A Short Night's Work, and now I'm unable to toggle it off. I can find no way to get back to NewDarkLoader and access any other mission. I'm using version 1.5.5. I even reinstalled it to see if that would fix things. I then tried updating to 1.5.7. All with no luck.

Help, please. There's other FMs I want to play!

For the record, I've greatly enjoyed this- and previous- versions of NDL. I abused the heck out of the comments section of DarkLoader, & I'm so happy to have that again, as well as ways to mark which difficulties I've completed. Thank you.

There should still be a dark grey 'resize' bar just above the readme window. If it's not working, or it's not thought to be obvious, I could set NDL to reset the readme size if the program is closed while it's full sized.

There should still be a dark grey 'resize' bar just above the readme window. If it's not working, or it's not thought to be obvious, I could set NDL to reset the readme size if the program is closed while it's full sized.

Well, it obviously wasn't obvious to me at first (or fifteenth) glance, hah. In my defense I was likely far more tired than I should've been; nonetheless now that I look, I can see that it's just barely short of completely fullscreen at the very top. So while it's obvious to me now, sticking in the 'reset if program closed' might not be bad next time you decide to update.

Thank you Dahenjo, R Soul. And particular thanks to you, R Soul, for the program itself! I greatly appreciate it.

Discovered this very useful app today on a recommendation by Yandros over on the Codex. It's a perfect hybrid of DarkLoader and FMSel and is now my default way of launching Thief FMs. I'd love to see the following features implemented in future builds, however:

- the ability to sort by Author
- adjustable font sizes for both the main browser and the txt/info files window. (My eyesight isn't what it used to be).

Other than missing these features, it's pretty much perfect for my needs. Thanks, R Soul, for making it.

I'm open to the idea of adding an Author column. I've reviewed some of the NDL code and it looks like adding an Author column will be possible, as will making it sortable. Less straightforward will be working out the author from the readme. Most of them have a line such as "Author: someone". That's probably as reliable as it can be.

An existing feature is the FM tags system, which includes author: someone. They can't be used to sort, but they can be used to filter.

Font size can be scaled globally from Control Panel, though this might be too much a blunt instrument. The readme can already be scaled on its own using Ctrl and mouse wheel.

Font size can be scaled globally from Control Panel, though this might be too much a blunt instrument. The readme can already be scaled on its own using Ctrl and mouse wheel.

Yes, I kind of accidentally discovered that using the mousewheel with the CTRL key modifier increased font size on the txt/info files, which is more important than a larger font in the main file manager window, i guess. Your program kind of reminds me of another excellent file manager/launcher for mods for the Doom community called Doom Launcher that I recently helped beta-test in the latest versions though he started earlier on it so it has some nice additional features like screenshots and multi-colored fonts. I'm sure NewDarkLoader will be equally flashy in future builds since you seem to be dedicated to regularly updating it.

I just started using NewDarkLoader and am having a small issue. I am getting each FM listed twice, once with its .zip extension (which shows the readme files as well) and once with no extension, just the name of the FM file (no readme present). My FM archive is C:\GOG Galaxy\Games\Thief 2 FMs. Poking around a bit it looks like they also exist (unzipped) in the FMs folder inside the Thief 2 installation. Choosing to play either seems to load and play OK.

I am sure this is user error, but I'm not sure what to change and would appreciate any advice.

Thanks.

NVM: just hit uninstall on the ones with no file extension and the got cleaned up....shoulda thought of that earlier.